Maer Down
Images taken along the South West Coast Path at Maer Down, between Northcott Mouth and Crookets Beach, on the North Cornwall coast near Bude.
April
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Gorse carpets the cliff on the way down to Furzey Cove.
Clear blue skies and turquoise sea at Maer High Cliff Beach. Eroded rocks of Bude Formation sandstone are visible in the wave-cut platform.
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Steeply dipping sandstone strata at Maer High Cliff.
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Maer Low Cliff Beach. The beaches at Bude can be glimpsed on the middle left hand side.
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Overlooking Crooklets Beach at Bude.
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February
Cliffs by Vinegar Cove and Pearce's Cove. Northcott Mouth beach lies beyond.
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The gorse by Furzey Cove provides some welcome colour on a wet, overcast day.
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Maer High Cliff Beach looking in the Northcott Mouth direction. Sea birds soar overhead.
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Maer Low Cliff Beach looking in the Bude direction.
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I love these V shaped, folded sandstone beds in the wave cut platform at Maer Low Cliff Beach. An anticline and syncline are visible, where the fold tip points towards the sea and cliff respectively.
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Sandstone cliffs at the northern section of Maer Low Cliff Beach.
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Overlooking Crooklets Beach at Bude.
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